2 posts and columns on broadband providers

Google: Obama Advisor Chats Through the Back Door

in News on May 19, 2010 at 10:20 am PT

One of President Obama’s top technology advisors, deputy CTO Andrew McLaughlin, a former head of public policy at Google, exchanged emails with the search giant regarding government business, the Washington Post reports this morning, citing internal White House emails and a statement by an Office of Science and Technology Policy spokesperson.

Telecom Analysts Downplay Net-Neutrality Concerns

in News on September 24, 2009 at 8:01 am PT

Internet-service providers may be worried about the Federal Communications Commission’s net-neutrality guidelines, but the analysts who cover them? Not so much. In recent days, more than one has referred to the proposed rules as “a solution in search of a problem.”